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Billiards: Centeno snares WPA women's 10-ball crown

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Cheska Centeno is the new WPA Women" s="" champion.="" Grabbed="" from="" Pro="" Billiard="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/10/22/20231022_cheska-centeno.jpg"/><figcaption>Cheska Centeno is the new WPA Women&#x27;s 10-Ball champion. Grabbed from Pro Billiard TV</figcaption></figure></div>Chezka Centeno crowned herself as the new WPA women&#x27;s 10-ball champion by beating China&#x27;s Yu Han in their race-to-9 finals in Klagenfurt, Austria on Sunday, Manila time.The 24-year-old put on a dominant performance to vanquish Yu, a three-time world 9-Ball champion, 9-5.The Filipina was all business while cleaning the final rack against her Chinese counterpart. But upon sinking the 10 ball, Centeno, a native of Zamboanga City, screamed in jubilation. &quot;This is my dream, to be champion,&quot; said the teary-eyed Pinay. With the victory, Centeno will be bringing home the $50,000 (P2.8 million) top prize, which is the biggest in the history of the women’s event.Centeno also exacted revenge against Yu, who eliminated the former&#x27;s mentor, two-time 10-ball champion Rubilen Amit, in the quarterfinals, 9-3.It was Amit who handed her the Philippine flag, which Centeno draped on her shoulders after the title win.Prior to beating Yu, Centeno stunned British legend Allison Fisher on Saturday with a 9-8 hill-hill victory in the semis.Yu, on the other hand, reached the final round by booting out England&#x27;s Kelly Fisher, 9-2, in the other semifinal pairing.

Chezka Centeno crowned herself as the new WPA women's 10-ball champion by beating China's Yu Han in their race-to-9 finals in Austria.